Real-time processing of requests related to facilitating use of an account

ABSTRACT

A device may receive information related to a first plurality of individuals and an individual. Each of the first plurality of individuals may be associated with a respective one or more accounts. The device may receive a request to match the individual and one or more individuals. The device may determine a match of the individual and the one or more individuals based on the information. The device may receive, from a user device associated with the individual, a selection of an account, of the respective one or more accounts, associated with another individual of the first plurality of individuals. The device may provide, for display to the other individual, a notification that the individual and the other individual have been matched and that the individual selected the account associated with the other individual. The device may perform one or more actions related to completing the transaction using the account.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/888,409, filed Feb. 5, 2018 (now U.S. Pat. No. 11,120,444), which isa continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/888,277, filedFeb. 5, 2018 (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,430,790), which is incorporatedherein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

A transaction account may include a checking account, a savings account,a rewards account, a credit account, a demand deposit account, and/orthe like. A transaction account may be held by an individual at afinancial institution. A transaction account may be accessible to anowner of the transaction account at a request by the owner (e.g., “ondemand”). In addition, the transaction account may be available to otherindividuals, other than the owner of the account, as directed by theowner of the account.

SUMMARY

According to some possible implementations, a system may include one ormore memories; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled tothe one or more memories, configured to receive, from a plurality ofuser devices, information related to a first plurality of individualsand a second individual. Each of the first plurality of individuals maybe associated with a respective one or more accounts. A firstindividual, of the first plurality of individuals, may facilitate use,by the second individual, of the respective one or more accountsassociated with the first individual in association with completing atransaction. The one or more processors may be configured to receive arequest to match the second individual and one or more individuals ofthe first plurality of individuals. The request may be received from auser device, of the plurality of user devices, associated with thesecond individual. The one or more processors may be configured todetermine a match of the second individual and the one or moreindividuals of the first plurality of individuals after receiving therequest to match the second individual and the one or more individualsof the first plurality of individuals.

The one or more individuals of the first plurality of individuals mayinclude the first individual. The one or more processors may beconfigured to receive, from the user device, a selection of an account,of the respective one or more accounts, associated with the firstindividual by the second individual. The one or more processors may beconfigured to provide, for display to the first individual, anotification that the second individual and the first individual havebeen matched and that the second individual selected the accountassociated with the first individual. The notification may be providedto another user device, of the plurality of user devices, associatedwith the first individual. The one or more processors may be configuredto perform one or more actions related to facilitating use by the secondindividual of the account associated with the first individual tocomplete the transaction or related to completing the transaction afterproviding the notification for display.

According to some possible implementations, a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium may store one or more instructions that, whenexecuted by one or more processors, may cause the one or more processorsto receive information related to a first plurality of individuals andan individual. Each of the first plurality of individuals may beassociated with a respective one or more accounts that the firstplurality of individuals can permit the individual to use to complete atransaction. The one or more instructions, when executed by the one ormore processors, may cause the one or more processors to receive arequest to match the individual and one or more individuals of the firstplurality of individuals. The one or more instructions, when executed bythe one or more processors, may cause the one or more processors todetermine a match of the individual and the one or more individuals ofthe first plurality of individuals based on the information related tothe first plurality of individuals and the individual.

The one or more instructions, when executed by the one or moreprocessors, may cause the one or more processors to receive, from a userdevice associated with the individual, a selection of an account, of therespective one or more accounts, associated with another individual ofthe first plurality of individuals. The one or more instructions, whenexecuted by the one or more processors, may cause the one or moreprocessors to provide, for display to the other individual, anotification that the individual and the other individual have beenmatched and that the individual selected the account associated with theother individual. The one or more instructions, when executed by the oneor more processors, may cause the one or more processors to perform oneor more actions related to completing the transaction using the accountassociated with the other individual.

According to some possible implementations, a method may includereceiving, by a computing system, information related to a firstplurality of individuals or an individual. Each of the first pluralityof individuals may be associated with a respective one or more accounts.The first plurality of individuals may be associated with facilitatingthe individual to use the respective one or more accounts to complete atransaction. The method may include receiving, by the computing systemand from a user device associated with the individual, a request tomatch the individual and one or more individuals of the first pluralityof individuals. The method may include determining, by the computingsystem, a match of the individual and the one or more individuals of thefirst plurality of individuals after receiving the request to match theindividual and the one or more individuals. The method may includereceiving, by the computing system and from the user device, a selectionof an account, of the respective one or more accounts, associated withanother individual of the one or more individuals. The account may beused by the individual to complete the transaction. The method mayinclude providing, by the computing system and for display, anotification to notify the other individual that the individual and theother individual have been matched and that the individual selected theaccount associated with the other individual to complete thetransaction. The notification may be provided for display via anotherdevice associated with the other individual. The method may includeperforming, by the computing system, one or more actions related tocompleting the transaction after providing the notification for display.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an overview of an example implementationdescribed herein;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example environment in which systems and/ormethods, described herein, may be implemented;

FIG. 3 is a diagram of example components of one or more devices of FIG.2;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an example process for real-time processing ofrequests related to facilitating use of an account; and

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example implementation relating to the exampleprocess shown in FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description of example implementations refers tothe accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in differentdrawings may identify the same or similar elements.

An account, such as a transaction account, may be associated withvarious benefits, such as rewards points, discounts, preferentialrepayment terms, a line of credit, and/or the like. The benefitsassociated with an account may only be available to the account ownerand/or specific individuals that the account owner has approved (e.g.,individuals that the account owner knows and trusts). The process ofadding an individual to an account may be time consuming for an accountowner, may consume significant computing resources (e.g., via manual useof and/or interaction with one or more computing devices), and/or may beinefficient. Further, individuals, such as individuals that the accountowner does not know, may want to use benefits from use of an accountthat the individuals do not own, so that both the individuals using theaccount may share in benefits associated with the account (e.g., viaincreased use of the account for the account owner and via facilitatinguse of the account by an individual that does not own the account). Thecurrent process for approving an individual to be associated with anaccount does not permit an owner of the account to approve a largequantity of individuals efficiently and/or in a secure manner and is notpracticable for doing so on a per transaction basis.

As a specific example, an individual may want to complete a transactionat a particular business, at a particular type of business (e.g., agrocery store, a home goods store, a gas station, etc.), and/or thelike. The business and/or a financial institution may offer benefits,such as discounts, cash back, rewards points, and/or the like to ownersof particular accounts for completing the transaction. In this case, theindividual may not own an account that receives benefits for thetransaction, may have reached a limit for an account that receivesbenefits, may not want to sign up for an account that receives benefits,and/or the like. In addition, owners of accounts that receive benefitsmay not use all of the benefits (e.g., during a time period, prior toexpiration, etc.), may have excess spending capacity that would receivebenefits if used, may receive increased benefits from increased use ofthe accounts, and/or the like. Currently, account owners and individualswanting to complete transactions using accounts of the account ownersmay not be capable of identifying each other so that the account ownerbenefits from increased use of the account and the individual benefitsfrom being able to use the account to complete a transaction.

Some implementations, described herein, provide an account matchingplatform that is capable of processing data related to multiple accountsand/or requests related to using the multiple accounts. The matching maybe performed automatically as part of a transaction, or may be based onuser selections prior to completing a transaction. In this way, theaccount matching platform may match accounts and individuals that wantto use the accounts to complete transactions. For example, the accountmatching platform can match hundreds, thousands, millions, etc. ofpotential account users with hundreds, thousands, millions of accountowners, in a manner not previously possible due to the large amounts ofdata processed, lack of a capability to process the data objectively(e.g., in a consistent manner), lack of a system configured to performthis type of matching, and/or the like. In addition, this reduces anamount of time needed for an account owner to select individuals to addto an account owned by the account owner to permit the individuals touse the account. Further, this increases a scale at which accounts andother individuals who want to use the accounts can be matched. Further,this provides a marketplace for owners of accounts to offer use ofbenefits associated with the accounts to other individuals, and in someimplementations doing so on a per transaction basis.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an overview of an example implementation 100described herein. As shown in FIG. 1, implementation 100 includesmultiple first user devices (e.g., associated with owners of accounts),multiple second user devices (e.g., associated with individuals who wantto use the accounts), and an account matching platform.

As shown by reference number 110, the first user devices may provide, tothe account matching platform, information related to first individualsand/or accounts of each of the first individuals. For example, the firstuser devices may provide information related to transaction accountsand/or owners of the transaction accounts, such as information thatidentifies the owners, the transaction accounts, benefits associatedwith the transaction accounts, preferences of the owners, and/or thelike. Continuing with the previous example, accounts that each of thefirst individuals own may be associated with benefits, such as rewardspoints, loyalty points, cash back, discounts, and/or the like that maybe unused or not received if the first individuals do not use theaccounts. The first user devices may provide thousands, millions,billions, or more data elements associated with hundreds, thousands,millions or more accounts and/or owners of the accounts.

As shown by reference number 120, the second user devices may provide,to the account matching platform, information related to secondindividuals. For example, the second user devices may provideinformation related to individuals that want to use accounts associatedwith the first individuals, such as information that identifies theindividuals, types of transactions for which the individuals want to usethe accounts (e.g., a retail transaction, a fuel transaction, a traveltransaction, and/or the like), preferences of the second individuals,and/or the like. Continuing with the previous example, the secondindividuals may not own particular accounts (e.g., associated withbenefits, retailers, etc.) and as a result, may not receive benefits,discounts, and/or the like that would otherwise be received if thesecond individuals owned the particular accounts and used the particularaccounts to complete particular transactions.

As shown by reference number 130, a second user device may provide, tothe account matching platform, a request to match one or more of thefirst individuals and a second individual (e.g., associated with thesecond user device). For example, a second individual may request, via asecond user device, to use an account of a first individual for atransaction. Continuing with the previous example, a second individualmay request to use an account via a merchant web site (e.g., where themerchant website is integrated with the account matching platform), abrowser plugin for completing a transaction, an application on a userdevice, and/or the like. The request may include information thatidentifies a type of transaction for which the second individual wantsto use the account of the first individual, information related to anaccount of the second individual, a set of credentials related to thesecond individual, and/or the like. In some implementations, the requestmay be provided as part of an initiated transaction.

Additionally, or alternatively, the request may be providedautomatically, when a second individual is completing a transaction(e.g., via a transaction terminal, a website, etc.). For example, thesecond individual may be pre-enrolled in a service associated with theaccount matching platform that causes the account matching platform toautomatically identify other accounts to use for a transactionassociated with the second individual that can provide an increasedbenefit to the second individual. The account matching platform mayreceive hundreds, thousands, millions, or more requests (e.g., in athreshold amount of time, simultaneously, etc.), thereby receiving a setof requests that may exceed a quantity of requests that a human actorcan process manually.

As shown by reference number 140, the account matching platform mayprocess the information (e.g., related to the first individuals, thesecond individuals, the requests from the second individuals, and/or theaccounts of each of the first individuals) to match the one or morefirst individuals and the second individual. For example, the accountmatching platform may match an account of a first individual and atransaction of a second individual based on the type of the transactionand benefits of the account related to the type of transaction (e.g.,some accounts may have better benefits for particular types oftransactions), based on preferences of the first individuals and/or thesecond individual, based on whether the second individual requesting useof the account has enough money in an account of the second individualto repay the first individual for use of the account, and/or the like.The account matching platform may optimize an objective (e.g., maximizecash back for the transaction, maximize rewards points received for thetransaction, maximize a discount applied to a transaction, minimizeprocessing fees for a transaction, and/or the like).

As shown by reference number 150, the account matching platform mayperform one or more actions to facilitate use of an account of a firstindividual by the second individual (e.g., after receiving a selectionof a first individual by a second individual). For example, the accountmatching platform may perform actions for completing the secondindividual's requested transaction using the account of the firstindividual on behalf of the second individual. In some implementations,the account matching platform may provide a set of credentials (e.g., anencrypted set of credentials) to a second user device associated withthe second individual to use the account, a security token to be used tocomplete the transaction using an account of the first individual (e.g.,after generating the security token), and/or the like.

The account matching platform may facilitate use of an account by asecond individual (e.g., a potential account user) that a firstindividual (e.g., an account owner) knows (e.g., a trusted individual).Additionally, or alternatively, the account matching platform mayfacilitate use of an account by a second individual that a firstindividual does not know (e.g., an untrusted individual). In this way,the account matching platform may maximize benefits to a firstindividual and/or a second individual (which might not normally beavailable to the first individual and/or the second individual) whileminimizing a likelihood of a negative impact to the first individual,such as a negative impact to the first individual's credit score.

Additionally, or alternatively, and as another example, the accountmatching platform may store, in a data structure, information related tothe second individual to add the second individual to the account of thefirst individual. Additionally, or alternatively, and as anotherexample, the account matching platform may provide, to a transactionterminal (not shown), information indicating that the second individualmay use the account of the first individual to complete a transaction,even though the second individual is not the owner of the account.

For example, the account matching platform may provide a notification tothe transaction terminal and/or a transaction backend device (not shownin FIG. 1) to cause the transaction terminal and/or the transactionbackend device to request information related to the second individualrather than the first individual when the second individual is using thefirst individual's account to complete a transaction (e.g., informationto verify an identity of the second individual). Additionally, oralternatively, and as another example, the account matching platform mayprovide a set of instructions to the transaction terminal and/or thetransaction backend device to prevent the transaction terminal and/orthe transaction backend device from requesting, from the secondindividual, input of information, such as a personal identificationnumber (PIN), username/password combination, and/or the like associatedwith the account and/or the first individual. This conserves computingresources of the transaction terminal that would otherwise beerroneously consumed preventing the second individual from using theaccount of the first individual.

As shown by reference numbers 160-1 and 160-2 the account matchingplatform may provide a notification that the first individual and thesecond individual have been matched and/or that the first individual hasbeen selected to facilitate, by the second individual, use of an accountfor a transaction. For example, the account matching platform mayprovide the information for display via a user device associated withthe first individual and a user device associated with the secondindividual. The account matching platform may perform matching ofhundreds, thousands, millions, or more first individuals and/or secondindividuals and/or in real-time.

In this way, an account matching platform may automatically, and inreal-time, match owners of accounts and other individuals to permit theother individuals to use the accounts to complete transactions. Thisreduces or eliminates a need for an owner of an account to add anotherindividual to the account to permit the other individual to use theaccount, thereby conserving time of the owner of the account. Inaddition, this increases an efficiency of permitting another individualto use an account by reducing or eliminating a need for an owner of theaccount to manually add the other individual to the account to permitthe other individual to use the account. Further, this permits anindividual to use an account for a limited purpose (e.g., a particulartransaction) without needing to provide the individual with full accessto the account.

As indicated above, FIG. 1 is provided merely as an example. Otherexamples are possible and may differ from what was described with regardto FIG. 1. For example, although FIG. 1 describes matching individuals,the implementations apply equally to matching accounts, offers, and/orthe like, as described elsewhere herein.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example environment 200 in which systemsand/or methods, described herein, may be implemented. As shown in FIG.2, environment 200 may include a set of user devices 210 (referred tocollectively as “user devices 210” and individually as “user device210”), a set of server devices 220 (referred to collectively as “serverdevices 220” and individually as “server device 220”), an accountmatching platform 230 provided within a cloud computing environment 232that includes a set of computing resources 234, a transaction backenddevice 240, and a network 250. Devices of environment 200 mayinterconnect via wired connections, wireless connections, or acombination of wired and wireless connections.

User device 210 includes one or more devices capable of receiving,generating, storing, processing, and/or providing information associatedwith an account and/or a transaction for which the account is to beused. For example, user device 210 may include a desktop computer, amobile phone (e.g., a smart phone, a radiotelephone, etc.), a laptopcomputer, a tablet computer, a handheld computer, a gaming device, awearable communication device (e.g., a smart wristwatch, a pair of smarteyeglasses, etc.), or a similar type of device. In some implementations,user device 210 may provide, to account matching platform 230,information related to an account to be used to complete a transactionand/or a request to use the account to complete a transaction, asdescribed elsewhere herein. Additionally, or alternatively, user device210 may receive, from account matching platform 230, information thatidentifies an account selected to be used to complete a transaction, asdescribed elsewhere herein.

Server device 220 includes one or more devices capable of receiving,providing, storing, processing, and/or generating information associatedwith an account and/or a transaction for which the account is to beused. For example, server device 220 may include a server (e.g., in adata center or a cloud computing environment), a data center (e.g., amulti-server micro data center), a workstation computer, a virtualmachine (VM) provided in a cloud computing environment, or a similartype of device. In some implementations, server device 220 may include acommunication interface that allows server device 220 to receiveinformation from and/or transmit information to other devices inenvironment 200. In some implementations, server device 220 may receiveinformation from account matching platform 230 (e.g., for storage), asdescribed elsewhere herein. Additionally, or alternatively, serverdevice 220 may provide stored information to account matching platform230, as described elsewhere herein.

Account matching platform 230 includes a computing system of one or moredevices capable of processing information from user devices 210 andmatching accounts with individuals who want to use the accounts tocomplete transactions. For example, account matching platform 230 mayinclude a cloud server or a group of cloud servers. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may be designed to bemodular, such that certain software components can be swapped in or outdepending on a particular need. As such, account matching platform 230may be easily and/or quickly reconfigured for different uses.

In some implementations, as shown, account matching platform 230 may behosted in cloud computing environment 232. Notably, whileimplementations described herein describe account matching platform 230as being hosted in cloud computing environment 232, in someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may not be cloud-based(i.e., may be implemented outside of a cloud computing environment) ormay be partially cloud-based.

Cloud computing environment 232 includes an environment that hostsaccount matching platform 230. Cloud computing environment 232 mayprovide computation, software, data access, storage, etc. services thatdo not require end-user knowledge of a physical location andconfiguration of system(s) and/or device(s) that host account matchingplatform 230. As shown, cloud computing environment 232 may include agroup of computing resources 234 (referred to collectively as “computingresources 234” and individually as “computing resource 234”).

Computing resource 234 includes one or more personal computers,workstation computers, server devices, or other types of computationand/or communication devices. In some implementations, one or morecomputing resources 234 may host account matching platform 230. Thecloud resources may include compute instances executing in computingresource 234, storage devices provided in computing resource 234, datatransfer devices provided by computing resource 234, etc. In someimplementations, computing resource 234 may communicate with othercomputing resources 234 via wired connections, wireless connections, ora combination of wired and wireless connections.

As further shown in FIG. 2, computing resource 234 may include a groupof cloud resources, such as one or more applications (“APPs”) 234-1, oneor more virtual machines (“VMs”) 234-2, one or more virtualized storages(“VSs”) 234-3, or one or more hypervisors (“HYPs”) 234-4.

Application 234-1 includes one or more software applications that may beprovided to or accessed by one or more devices of environment 200.Application 234-1 may eliminate a need to install and execute thesoftware applications on devices of environment 200. For example,application 234-1 may include software associated with account matchingplatform 230 and/or any other software capable of being provided viacloud computing environment 232. In some implementations, oneapplication 234-1 may send/receive information to/from one or more otherapplications 234-1, via virtual machine 234-2.

Virtual machine 234-2 includes a software implementation of a machine(e.g., a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine.Virtual machine 234-2 may be either a system virtual machine or aprocess virtual machine, depending upon use and degree of correspondenceto any real machine by virtual machine 234-2. A system virtual machinemay provide a complete system platform that supports execution of acomplete operating system (“OS”). A process virtual machine may executea single program, and may support a single process. In someimplementations, virtual machine 234-2 may execute on behalf of a user(e.g., user device 210), and may manage infrastructure of cloudcomputing environment 232, such as data management, synchronization, orlong-duration data transfers.

Virtualized storage 234-3 includes one or more storage systems and/orone or more devices that use virtualization techniques within thestorage systems or devices of computing resource 234. In someimplementations, within the context of a storage system, types ofvirtualizations may include block virtualization and filevirtualization. Block virtualization may refer to abstraction (orseparation) of logical storage from physical storage so that the storagesystem may be accessed without regard to physical storage orheterogeneous structure. The separation may permit administrators of thestorage system flexibility in how the administrators manage storage forend users. File virtualization may eliminate dependencies between dataaccessed at a file level and a location where files are physicallystored. This may enable optimization of storage use, serverconsolidation, and/or performance of non-disruptive file migrations.

Hypervisor 234-4 may provide hardware virtualization techniques thatallow multiple operating systems (e.g., “guest operating systems”) toexecute concurrently on a host computer, such as computing resource 234.Hypervisor 234-4 may present a virtual operating platform to the guestoperating systems, and may manage the execution of the guest operatingsystems. Multiple instances of a variety of operating systems may sharevirtualized hardware resources.

Transaction backend device 240 includes one or more devices capable ofauthorizing and/or facilitating a transaction. For example, transactionbackend device 240 may include one or more servers and/or computers tostore and/or provide information associated with processing atransaction via a transaction terminal. In some implementations,transaction backend device 240 may request information related to anaccount to be used to complete a transaction, as described elsewhereherein. Additionally, or alternatively, transaction backend device 240may process a transaction using information related to an account, asdescribed elsewhere herein.

Transaction backend device 240 may include one or more devicesassociated with a financial institution (e.g., a bank, a lender, acredit union, etc.) and/or a transaction card association thatauthorizes a transaction and/or facilitates a transfer of funds orpayment between an account associated with a cardholder of a transactioncard and an account of an individual or business associated with atransaction terminal. For example, transaction backend device 240 mayinclude one or more devices of one or more issuing banks associated witha cardholder of a transaction card, one or more devices of one or moreacquiring banks (or merchant banks) associated with a transactionterminal, and/or one or more devices associated with one or moretransaction card associations (e.g., VISA®, MASTERCARD®, and/or thelike) associated with a transaction card. Accordingly, based onreceiving information associated with a transaction card from atransaction terminal, devices of transaction backend device 240 (e.g.,associated with a financial institution or transaction card association)may communicate to authorize a transaction and/or transfer funds betweenthe accounts associated with the transaction card and/or the transactionterminal.

Transaction backend device 240 may provide or deny authorizationassociated with a transaction. For example, transaction backend device240 may store and/or provide information that may allow, or deny, accessthrough an access point (e.g., a gate, a door, and/or the like) of asecure location (e.g., a room, a building, a geographical area, atransportation terminal, and/or the like) based on information (e.g.,account information, a key, an identifier, credentials, and/or the like)associated with a transaction card and/or provided by a transactionterminal.

Transaction backend device 240 may include one or more devicesassociated with a rewards program associated with a transaction cardand/or an entity (e.g., a financial institution, a merchant, a serviceprovider, a vendor, and/or the like) associated with the transactioncard and/or a transaction terminal. For example, transaction backenddevice 240 may authorize the earning and/or redemption of rewards (e.g.,rewards points associated with a transaction card, cash rewards, clientloyalty rewards associated with an entity associated with a transactionterminal, and/or the like) based on a transaction processed by atransaction terminal.

Network 250 includes one or more wired and/or wireless networks. Forexample, network 250 may include a cellular network (e.g., a long-termevolution (LTE) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network,a 3G network, a 4G network, a 5G network, another type of cellularnetwork, etc.), a public land mobile network (PLMN), a local areanetwork (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network(MAN), a telephone network (e.g., the Public Switched Telephone Network(PSTN)), a private network, an ad hoc network, an intranet, theInternet, a fiber optic-based network, a cloud computing network, and/orthe like, and/or a combination of these or other types of networks.

The number and arrangement of devices and networks shown in FIG. 2 areprovided as an example. In practice, there may be additional devicesand/or networks, fewer devices and/or networks, different devices and/ornetworks, or differently arranged devices and/or networks than thoseshown in FIG. 2. Furthermore, two or more devices shown in FIG. 2 may beimplemented within a single device, or a single device shown in FIG. 2may be implemented as multiple, distributed devices. Additionally, oralternatively, a set of devices (e.g., one or more devices) ofenvironment 200 may perform one or more functions described as beingperformed by another set of devices of environment 200.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of example components of a device 300. Device 300may correspond to user device 210, server device 220, account matchingplatform 230, computing resource 234, and/or transaction backend device240. In some implementations, user device 210, server device 220,account matching platform 230, computing resource 234, and/ortransaction backend device 240 may include one or more devices 300and/or one or more components of device 300. As shown in FIG. 3, device300 may include a bus 310, a processor 320, a memory 330, a storagecomponent 340, an input component 350, an output component 360, and acommunication interface 370.

Bus 310 includes a component that permits communication among thecomponents of device 300. Processor 320 is implemented in hardware,firmware, or a combination of hardware and software. Processor 320 is acentral processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), anaccelerated processing unit (APU), a microprocessor, a microcontroller,a digital signal processor (DSP), a field-programmable gate array(FPGA), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or anothertype of processing component. In some implementations, processor 320includes one or more processors capable of being programmed to perform afunction. Memory 330 includes a random access memory (RAM), a read onlymemory (ROM), and/or another type of dynamic or static storage device(e.g., a flash memory, a magnetic memory, and/or an optical memory) thatstores information and/or instructions for use by processor 320.

Storage component 340 stores information and/or software related to theoperation and use of device 300. For example, storage component 340 mayinclude a hard disk (e.g., a magnetic disk, an optical disk, amagneto-optic disk, and/or a solid state disk), a compact disc (CD), adigital versatile disc (DVD), a floppy disk, a cartridge, a magnetictape, and/or another type of non-transitory computer-readable medium,along with a corresponding drive.

Input component 350 includes a component that permits device 300 toreceive information, such as via user input (e.g., a touch screendisplay, a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a button, a switch, and/or amicrophone). Additionally, or alternatively, input component 350 mayinclude a sensor for sensing information (e.g., a global positioningsystem (GPS) component, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and/or anactuator). Output component 360 includes a component that providesoutput information from device 300 (e.g., a display, a speaker, and/orone or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs)).

Communication interface 370 includes a transceiver-like component (e.g.,a transceiver and/or a separate receiver and transmitter) that enablesdevice 300 to communicate with other devices, such as via a wiredconnection, a wireless connection, or a combination of wired andwireless connections. Communication interface 370 may permit device 300to receive information from another device and/or provide information toanother device. For example, communication interface 370 may include anEthernet interface, an optical interface, a coaxial interface, aninfrared interface, a radio frequency (RF) interface, a universal serialbus (USB) interface, a Wi-Fi interface, a cellular network interface, orthe like.

Device 300 may perform one or more processes described herein. Device300 may perform these processes based on processor 320 executingsoftware instructions stored by a non-transitory computer-readablemedium, such as memory 330 and/or storage component 340. Acomputer-readable medium is defined herein as a non-transitory memorydevice. A memory device includes memory space within a single physicalstorage device or memory space spread across multiple physical storagedevices.

Software instructions may be read into memory 330 and/or storagecomponent 340 from another computer-readable medium or from anotherdevice via communication interface 370. When executed, softwareinstructions stored in memory 330 and/or storage component 340 may causeprocessor 320 to perform one or more processes described herein.Additionally, or alternatively, hardwired circuitry may be used in placeof or in combination with software instructions to perform one or moreprocesses described herein. Thus, implementations described herein arenot limited to any specific combination of hardware circuitry andsoftware.

The number and arrangement of components shown in FIG. 3 are provided asan example. In practice, device 300 may include additional components,fewer components, different components, or differently arrangedcomponents than those shown in FIG. 3. Additionally, or alternatively, aset of components (e.g., one or more components) of device 300 mayperform one or more functions described as being performed by anotherset of components of device 300.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an example process 400 for real-timeprocessing of requests related to facilitating use of an account. Insome implementations, one or more process blocks of FIG. 4 may beperformed by account matching platform 230. In some implementations, oneor more process blocks of FIG. 4 may be performed by another device or agroup of devices separate from or including account matching platform230, such as user device 210, server device 220, computing resource 234,and/or transaction backend device 240.

As shown in FIG. 4, process 400 may include receiving informationrelated to a first plurality of individuals and/or a second plurality ofindividuals (block 410). For example, account matching platform 230 mayreceive information related to a first plurality of individuals and/or asecond plurality of individuals. In some implementations, accountmatching platform 230 may receive information when a user of user device210 registers with account matching platform 230, when a user of userdevice 210 inputs the information (e.g., via a user interface of userdevice 210), based on requesting the information (e.g., from serverdevice 220 and/or a user of user device 210), and/or the like. In someimplementations, an individual of the first plurality of individuals maybe associated with (e.g., own, control, etc.) an account (e.g., atransaction account, such as a checking account, a rewards account, aloyalty account, a savings account, etc.) (referred to herein as an“account owner”). Additionally, or alternatively, an individual of thesecond plurality of individuals may be associated with using an accountof an account owner (referred to herein as a “potential account user”).

In some implementations, an account owner may permit a potential accountuser to use an account associated with the account owner, such as tocomplete a transaction. For example, an account owner may own atransaction card that receives cash back on transactions for particularitems, such as fuel, groceries, airline tickets, and/or the like.Continuing with the previous example, the account owner may want toreceive more cash back than the account owner would otherwise receivethrough normal use of the account. In this case, the account owner mayoffer a portion of the cash back to be received to potential accountusers (e.g., individuals that do not own an account, that have reached alimit on an account, etc.) if the potential account users use theaccount to complete transactions that result in cash back to the accountowners.

Additionally, or alternatively, and as another example, an account ownermay own an account that receives a discount for particular types oftransactions (e.g., transactions at a particular retailer, transactionsfor particular events, etc.). Continuing with the previous example, theaccount owner may have unused discounts that are scheduled to expire,may have unused discounts for a time period, and/or the like. In thiscase, the account owner may want to offer use of the account to apotential account user in exchange for a fee. In this way, the accountowner can receive a fee for use of the account owner's account and thepotential account user can receive a discount on a transaction.

Additionally, or alternatively, and as another example, an account ownermay own an account that receives rewards points for particulartransactions. Continuing with the previous example, the account ownermay offer a portion of the rewards points to a potential account user inexchange for the potential account user using the account to completeparticular transactions.

In some implementations, information related to a first plurality ofindividuals may include information related to a plurality of accountowners that each own one or more accounts that are made available, viaaccount matching platform 230 as described herein, to be used bypotential account users to complete a transaction. For example, theinformation may identify the plurality of account owners, one or moreaccounts associated with each of the plurality of account owners, one ormore benefits associated with each of the one or more accounts (e.g.,cash back for a transaction, rewards points for a transaction, adiscount for a transaction, etc.), one or more preferences of each ofthe plurality of account owners (e.g., past transaction history of apotential account user, repayment terms for permitting the potentialaccount user to use an account, a quantity of transactions per timeperiod for which an account owner wants to permit an account to be usedby a potential account user, etc.), and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may updateinformation identifying a benefit associated with an account (e.g., inreal-time, periodically, according to a schedule, based on receiving anindication of a change in a benefit associated with the account, etc.).For example, a particular benefit may be included in a set of benefits,each of which may be available to an account for a limited amount oftime, during particular times of the year, are available to accountsassociated with individuals that have threshold credit scores, and/orthe like. Additionally, or alternatively, and as additional examples,different accounts may receive different amounts of the same benefit. Inthese cases, account matching platform 230 may communicate with serverdevice 220 to identify current benefits associated with an account(e.g., by requesting an update to a set of benefits to be received inassociation with use of the account). In this way, account matchingplatform 230 can accurately determine a benefit to be received inassociation with use of an account, and/or may maximize a benefit to bereceived for a particular type of transaction.

In some implementations, information related to a second plurality ofindividuals may include information related to a plurality of potentialaccount users that want to use one or more accounts of one or moreaccount owners. For example, the plurality of potential account ownersmay want to use the one or more accounts to complete a transaction. Insome implementations, information related to potential account users mayidentify each of the potential account users, a type of transaction forwhich a potential account user wants to use an account, an objectiverelated to using an account (e.g., an objective to maximize cash backfor a transaction, to minimize a processing fee for a transaction, toreceive particular repayment terms for a transaction, to maximize adiscount applied to a transaction, etc.), an amount of money in anaccount associated with the potential account user, a history of thepotential account user with respect to using an account of an accountowner to complete a transaction, an account of the potential accountuser that is to use the account of the account owner, a location of thepotential account user, and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, touser device 210, a request to provide information related to an accountowner. In some implementations, account matching platform 230 mayprovide a request to user device 210 associated with an account ownerbased on determining that one or more benefits associated with anaccount of the account owner are unused, are within a threshold amountof time of expiring, match information related to a potential accountuser, and/or the like.

For example, account matching platform 230 may determine that athreshold quantity of potential account users have completed aparticular type of transaction (e.g., a retail transaction), and mayfurther determine that an account owner has an account that, if used bya potential account user to complete the particular type of transaction,would result in a benefit to the account owner. In this way, accountmatching platform 230 may automatically, and in real-time or near realtime, identify an account owner that might benefit from permitting apotential account user to use an account associated with the accountowner. In some implementations, account matching platform 230 mayreceive information related to an account owner after providing arequest for the information to user device 210 associated with theaccount owner.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, touser device 210 associated with a potential account user, a request toprovide information related to the potential account user. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may provide a request touser device 210 associated with a potential account user based ondetermining that the potential account user has completed a thresholdquantity of a type of transaction for which the potential account usercould receive a benefit from using an account of an account owner, basedon determining, in real-time or near real-time, that account matchingplatform 230 is completing a particular type of transaction (e.g., forwhich the potential account user could receive a benefit from using anaccount of an account owner), based on determining that user device 210associated with the potential account owner is at a particular location(e.g., a geographic location, a particular retail location, etc.), basedon determining that information related to the potential account usermatches information related to one or more account owners, and/or thelike. In this way, account matching platform 230 may identify, inreal-time or near real-time, a potential account user that might benefitfrom using an account of an account owner to complete a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receiveinformation related to an account owner and/or a potential account uservia a web interface. For example, an account owner and/or a potentialaccount user may register for a service provided by account matchingplatform 230 via a web interface associated with account matchingplatform 230 (e.g., a web interface provided for display via user device210) and may provide information via the web interface when registeringfor the service. Additionally, or alternatively, account matchingplatform 230 may receive information related to an account owner and/ora potential account user via an application (e.g., executing on userdevice 210 associated with an account owner or a potential accountuser). For example, an account owner and/or a potential account user mayinput information via the application in association with registeringfor a service provided by account matching platform 230, populating auser profile stored by account matching platform 230, and/or the like.

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 mayreceive the information based on a location of an account owner and/or apotential account user. For example, user device 210 may communicatewith a wireless beacon device at a location and may receive informationrelated to an account owner and/or a potential account user from userdevice 210 (e.g., after requesting permission to receive the informationfrom a user of user device 210 via the wireless beacon device and/orafter determining the location of user device 210 based on user device210 communicating with the wireless beacon device). Additionally, oralternatively, and as another example, account matching platform 230 mayreceive the information based on an account owner and/or a potentialaccount user scanning a quick response (QR) code (e.g., which may causeuser device 210 to prompt a user of user device 210 for information, toprovide information to account matching platform 230, etc.).

In this way, account matching platform 230 may receive informationrelated to a first plurality of individuals (e.g., account owners)and/or a second plurality of individuals (e.g., potential account users)to permit account matching platform 230 to match the first plurality ofindividuals and the second plurality of individuals.

As further shown in FIG. 4, process 400 may include receiving a requestto match an individual of the second plurality of individuals and one ormore individuals of the first plurality of individuals to permit theindividual to use one or more accounts associated with the one or moreindividuals (block 420). For example, account matching platform 230 mayreceive a request to match a potential account user and one or moreaccount owners to permit the potential account user to use one or moreaccounts associated with the one or more account owners. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may receive a requestfrom user device 210, when a user of user device 210 provides input tocause user device 210 to provide a request (e.g., via a user interfaceof an application executed on user device 210), and/or the like. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may determine to match atransaction and an account of an account owner based on a request.

In some implementations, a request may relate to matching one or moreaccount owners and a potential account user based on information relatedto the plurality of account owners and information related to theplurality of potential account users. Additionally, or alternatively, arequest may relate to matching offers from one or more account ownersand a potential account user. For example, an offer may relate to adivision of a benefit received from a transaction (e.g., sharing of cashback, rewards points, etc. for a transaction), a need of an accountowner and/or a potential account user (e.g., a need for a discount, apurchase from a particular retailer, etc.), a transaction of a thresholdvalue, and/or the like. Additionally, or alternatively, a request mayrelate to matching an account of an account owner and a potentialaccount user. For example, a request may relate to matching preferencesrelated to an account of an account owner and preferences of a potentialaccount user, a type of transaction for which the potential account userwants to use the account, and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receive arequest from a potential account user based on providing information fordisplay to user device 210 associated with the potential account user.For example, account matching platform 230 may determine a location ofuser device 210 associated with the potential account user (e.g., priorto receiving a request from the potential account user). Continuing withthe previous example, account matching platform 230 may determine thatan account of an account owner can be used to complete a transactionrelated to the location of the potential account user and may provide,to user device 210 associated with the potential account user, anotification for display to notify the potential account user of anavailability of an account of the account owner that can be used tocomplete a transaction. In this case, account matching platform 230 mayreceive a request after providing the notification to user device 210for display.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receive arequest to match based on input via a user interface associated withaccount matching platform 230 (e.g., a web-based user interface, aninterface associated with an application executing on user device 210,etc.). Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 mayreceive a request via an application (e.g., executing on user device 210associated with a potential account user). Additionally, oralternatively, account matching platform 230 may receive a request via athird party portal via which a merchant can be accessed (e.g., via a webbrowser). Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230may receive a request via a plugin associated with a browser.

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 mayreceive a request when a potential account user uses a transaction cardto complete a transaction (e.g., account matching platform 230 mayreceive a request automatically and seamlessly without input from apotential account user). For example, account matching platform 230 mayautomatically receive information related to the transaction (e.g., alocation of the transaction, an amount of the transaction, items and/orservices being obtained with the transaction, etc.) when the potentialaccount user uses the transaction card to complete the transaction.Continuing with the previous example, account matching platform 230 mayprocess the information to determine whether an account associated withan account owner could be used to complete the transaction, couldprovide benefits that exceed what the potential account user wouldreceive via use of the transaction card, and/or the like. In this case,the potential account user may have opted-in to such a service.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determine oneor more offers for a transaction (e.g., to be presented to a user ofuser device 210 for selection). For example, an offer may identify abenefit to be received by a potential account user for using an accountto complete a transaction, a fee to be charged for using an account tocomplete a transaction, and/or the like. In some implementations, anoffer may be determined on behalf of an account owner that owns anaccount to be used by a potential account user to complete atransaction. Additionally, or alternatively, an offer may be determinedon behalf of a potential account user who is to use an account of anaccount owner to complete a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determine anoffer based on a benefit associated with an account to be used tocomplete a transaction (e.g., a percentage of a benefit, a thresholdamount of a benefit, etc.), a value of a transaction (e.g., a percentageof a value of a transaction, whether a value of a transaction satisfiesa threshold, etc.), historical offers made for similar transactions thatwere accepted (e.g., as identified using machine learning, artificialintelligence, etc.), a risk associated with a transaction for an accountowner of an account to be used to complete the transaction (e.g.,whether account matching platform 230 has verified that the potentialaccount user using the account has money to repay the transaction, acredit score for a potential account user that is to use the account,etc.), and/or the like. As a specific example, account matching platform230 may identify a baseline offer based on historical offers for similartransactions (e.g., transactions for items in similar categories, fortransactions that have a value within a threshold of the transaction,etc.) and may adjust the offer (e.g., increase the offer or decrease theoffer) based on a value of the transaction.

In this way, account matching platform 230 may receive a request tomatch an individual of the second plurality of individuals (e.g., apotential account user) and one or more individuals of the firstplurality of individuals (e.g., account owners) to permit the potentialaccount user to use one or more accounts associated with the one or moreaccount owners.

As further shown in FIG. 4, process 400 may include determining a matchof the individual and the one or more individuals (block 430). Forexample, account matching platform 230 may determine a match of theindividual (e.g., a potential account user) and the one or moreindividuals (e.g., one or more account owners). In some implementations,account matching platform 230 may determine a match based on receiving arequest from user device 210, based on input from a user of user device210 and/or account matching platform 230, and/or the like. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may determine a match ofindividuals, accounts associated with the individuals, offers associatedwith the accounts, particular transaction cards associated with theaccounts (e.g., transaction cards associated with retailers, particulartransaction cards associated with a financial institution, etc.), and/orthe like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determine amatch based on a request from a potential account user (e.g., based oninformation related to the potential account user included in therequest). For example, account matching platform 230 may determine alocation of a potential account user after receiving a request and maydetermine a match of the potential account user and an account ownerbased on the location of the potential account user. Additionally, oralternatively, account matching platform 230 may determine a match basedon a request to match an offer and a transaction. For example, a requestmay identify a transaction and/or information related to a transaction(e.g., a type of the transaction, an amount of the transaction, anobjective for the transaction, such as receiving a threshold quantity ofrewards points, etc.), and account matching platform 230 may identifyone or more offers associated with accounts that match the transactionand/or the information related to the transaction (e.g., that cansatisfy the objective).

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determine amatch based on one or more preferences associated with a potentialaccount user and/or an account owner. For example, account matchingplatform 230 may process information related to the potential accountuser and/or the account owner to identify one or more preferencesrelated to the potential account user and/or the account owner and maydetermine a match of the potential account user and the account ownerbased on the one or more preferences.

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 maydetermine a match based on a type of transaction for which an account ofan account owner is to be used. For example, account matching platform230 may process information included in a request from a potentialaccount user to identify a type of a transaction for which an accountassociated with the account owner is to be used. Continuing with theprevious example, account matching platform 230 may identify an accountof the account owner as a match for the potential account user based onthe account being associated with the type of transaction, beingassociated with a threshold amount of benefits for the type oftransaction, being associated with one or more types of transactionsidentified by a preference of the account owner, and/or the like.

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 maydetermine a match based on an amount of a transaction. For example,account matching platform 230 may process information included in arequest from a potential account user to identify an amount of atransaction. Continuing with the previous example, account matchingplatform 230 may determine a match based on an amount of a transactionsatisfying a threshold (e.g., indicating a threshold level of riskassociated with the transaction), being associated with an amount ofbenefits that satisfies a threshold, whether an amount associated with atransaction is less than an amount of credit remaining for a line ofcredit of the account owner, and/or the like.

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 maydetermine a match based on an objective to be optimized (e.g., anobjective to be maximized, to be minimized, to be satisfied, etc.). Forexample, an objective may include an amount of cash back received inassociation with a transaction, an amount of rewards points received inassociation with a transaction, an amount of a discount applied to atransaction, and/or the like. In some implementations, account matchingplatform 230 may determine to optimize an objective associated with atransaction. For example, account matching platform 230 may processinformation related to an account owner and/or a potential account userto determine an objective to optimize, may process information includedin a request to determine an objective to optimize, and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may use machinelearning, artificial intelligence, and/or the like to determine a match.In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may generate amodel for matching account owners and potential account users (e.g.,using training data that identifies matches between the account ownersand the potential account users, historical data that identifies matchesbetween the individuals and the other individuals, etc.). For example, agenerated model may relate to potential account users that an accountowner has selected in the past, offers that a potential account user hasselected in the past, and/or the like. In some implementations, accountmatching platform 230 may use a generated model to match account ownersand potential account users for transactions.

In this way, account matching platform 230 may process unstructured datarelated to account owners and/or potential account users to determine amatch (e.g., data that cannot be processed by a human actor), therebyincreasing an efficiency of matching the account owners and thepotential account users. Additionally, or alternatively, in this way,account matching platform 230 may identify matches using data wherealgorithmic methods consume significant computing resources and/or asignificant amount of time, thereby conserving computing resources ofaccount matching platform 230 and/or reducing an amount of time neededto determine a match.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may identifyvalues for one or more factors related to a potential account user, atransaction, or an account owner. For example, the one or more factorsmay include a value of a transaction, a location of the transaction, anitem and/or service being obtained with the transaction, a preference ofan account owner or a potential account user, a benefit associated withan account, an objective associated with the transaction and/or anaccount, and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may perform acomparison of values for one or more factors related to a potentialaccount user, a transaction, and/or an account owner. For example,account matching platform 230 may determine whether a value satisfies athreshold, whether a value for a first factor satisfies a value for asecond factor, and/or the like. In some implementations, accountmatching platform 230 may determine scores for different combinations ofa potential account user, a transaction, and/or account owners based ona result of performing a comparison. For example, account matchingplatform 230 may determine a first score for a first combination (e.g.,where values of factors satisfy corresponding thresholds), a secondscore for a second combination (e.g., where values of factors for thesecond combination satisfy values for factors for another combination),and/or the like. In some implementations, account matching platform 230may determine a match based on a score for a combination satisfying athreshold and may output a list of accounts that match a potentialaccount user and/or a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determine ascore for an account owner and/or a potential account user. For example,a score may indicate an extent to which the account owner and thepotential account user match, an extent to which an account owner and apotential account user match, an extent to which an account owner and atransaction match, and/or the like. Continuing with the previousexample, a score may indicate an extent to which information related tothe account owner and the potential account user match, an extent towhich an offer from the account owner matches a transaction and/or apreference related to the potential account user, an amount of a benefitthat can be received in association with using an account of the accountowner to complete a transaction, an extent to which an objective can beoptimized, an extent to which information related to the account owneror the potential account user satisfies a preference of the accountowner and/or the potential account user, and/or the like.

In some implementations, a score may be a weighted score (e.g., wheredifferent information related to an account owner or a potential accountuser is weighted differently, where different factors, such as apreference, an objective, a benefit, etc., are weighted differently,etc.), an average score (e.g., of scores for information and/or factorsrelated to the account owner or the potential account user, of scoresfor multiple iterations of matching account owners and potential accountusers, etc.), and/or the like. In some implementations, account matchingplatform 230 may determine scores for values of multiple factors and maydetermine a score for an account owner, a transaction, and/or apotential account user based on the scores for the multiple factors(e.g., an average of the scores, based on different weightings for thescores, etc.).

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receiveinformation that identifies a rank of factors to be used to identify anaccount, an offer, and/or an individual. In some implementations,account matching platform 230 may determine a score based on theinformation identifying the rank of the factors. For example, accountmatching platform 230 may adjust a score for an individual, an account,or an offer based on the rank of factors.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determine amatch based on a score for an account owner and/or a potential accountuser. For example, account matching platform 230 may determine a matchby identifying the highest score relative to other scores, a score thatsatisfies a threshold, and/or the like.

As a specific example, account matching platform 230 may use informationthat identifies a credit score of a potential account user, a value of atransaction, a transaction history of a potential account user, whetherthe potential account user is a preferred user of account matchingplatform 230, a quantity of transactions that the potential account userhas completed using account matching platform 230, and/or the like. Insome implementations, account matching platform 230 may identifypotential account owners whose preferences match the information.Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 maygenerate a score for the potential account user (e.g., a score based onthe information, a score that indicates a match between the informationand preferences of an account owner, etc.). In some implementations,account matching platform 230 may select one of the account owners as amatch for the potential account user. For example, account matchingplatform 230 may select an account owner for which the score related tothe potential account user is highest relative to other scoresassociated with other account owners, and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, touser device 210 for display, information identifying matchedindividuals, accounts, offers, and/or the like. For example, accountmatching platform 230 may provide, to user device 210 associated with apotential account user, information identifying other individuals,accounts, offers, and/or the like with which the potential account userwas matched. Additionally, or alternatively, and as another example,account matching platform 230 may provide, to user device 210 associatedwith an account owner, information identifying other individuals,accounts, offers, and/or the like with which the individual is matched.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receive, fromuser device 210, a selection of an individual, an account, an offer,and/or the like (e.g., after providing a notification to request inputto approve use of an account to complete a transaction). For example, auser of user device 210 may input a selection related to using anaccount to complete a transaction. In some implementations, accountmatching platform 230 may provide, for display via user device 210, anotification that an individual, an account, and/or an offer and anotherindividual, another account, and/or another offer have been matched.Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 mayprovide, for display via user device 210, a notification that aparticular individual, account, and/or offer has been selected tocomplete a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may select anindividual, an account, and/or an offer for a transaction. For example,account matching platform 230 may determine offers for a transactionbased on benefits associated with accounts related to the offers (e.g.,a percentage of the benefits, a threshold value, etc.), based on otheroffers presented for similar transactions (e.g., identified usingmachine learning, artificial intelligence, etc.), and/or the like, andmay select an offer (e.g., an offer with the highest score, an offeroptimizes an objective, etc.). In some implementations, an offer mayrelate to a benefit that is shared with an individual using anotherindividual's account to complete a transaction. In some implementations,account matching platform 230 may provide, to user device 210,information identifying various offers to permit a user of user device210 to select an offer.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determinethat a potential account user is to use an account (e.g., a benefitaccount) to complete a transaction (e.g., based on selection of theaccount by a potential account user, based on selection of the accountby account matching platform 230, etc.). In some implementations,account matching platform 230 may store information identifying that apotential account user is to use an account to complete a transaction.For example, storing this information may facilitate use of the accountby the potential account user.

In this way, account matching platform 230 may determine a match of theindividual (e.g., a potential account user) and the one or moreindividuals (e.g., account owners).

As further shown in FIG. 4, process 400 may include performing one ormore actions related to permitting the individual to use the one or moreaccounts associated with the one or more individuals and/or to completea transaction (block 440). For example, account matching platform 230may perform one or more actions related to permitting the individual(e.g., a potential account user) to use the one or more accounts (e.g.,facilitating use of the one or more accounts) associated with the one ormore individuals (e.g., account owners) and/or to complete atransaction. In some implementations, account matching platform 230 mayperform one or more actions after determining a match of a potentialaccount user and one or more account owners.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, touser device 210, server device 220, transaction backend device 240,and/or a transaction terminal, account information (e.g., encryptedinformation that identifies an account, a financial institution relatedto the account, a PIN, an identifier associated with a transaction card,etc.) to be used to complete a transaction. For example, accountmatching platform 230 may provide account information to server device220 to complete an online transaction. Additionally, or alternatively,and as another example, account matching platform 230 may provideaccount information to user device 210 so that user device 210 can beused to complete a mobile payment transaction. Additionally, oralternatively, and as another example, account matching platform 230 mayprovide account information to a transaction terminal and/or transactionbackend device 240 so that the transaction terminal and/or transactionbackend device 240 can approve a transaction, can complete atransaction, and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, totransaction backend device 240 and/or a transaction terminal,information that indicates that a potential account user will becompleting a transaction using an account associated with an accountowner. In some implementations, the information indicating that thepotential account user will be completing a transaction using an accountassociated with the account owner may cause transaction backend device240 and/or a transaction terminal to modify operations of transactionbackend device 240 and/or the transaction terminal related to verifyingaccount information to complete a transaction. For example, when accountmatching platform 230 provides account information and/or informationindicating that a potential account user will be using the account tocomplete a transaction to a transaction terminal and/or transactionbackend device 240, the transaction terminal and/or transaction backenddevice 240 may not request input of account information from a user ofthe transaction terminal, may request input of information related tothe user of the transaction terminal (e.g., a username/passwordcombination, a PIN, etc.) rather than account information related to theaccount that the user is using, and/or the like.

In some implementations, account information that account matchingplatform 230 provides may be encrypted. For example, encrypted accountinformation may be provided to account matching platform 230 and/ortransaction backend device 240 from user device 210 to complete atransaction and account matching platform 230 and/or transaction backenddevice 240 may decrypt the account information to complete thetransaction. Additionally, or alternatively, and as another example,account information may be provided in the form of a security token thatuser device 210 and/or another device provides to transaction backenddevice 240 and/or account matching platform 230 to complete atransaction. In some implementations, account matching platform 230 maystore a record that limits use of account information. For example,account matching platform 230 may limit use of account information or asecurity token to a particular amount of time after providing theaccount information or the security information, to a particulartransaction (e.g., based on receiving, from transaction backend device240, information that identifies a transaction for which the accountinformation is to be used), and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may storeinformation identifying a potential account user as an authorized userof an account (e.g., may update an account to identify the potentialaccount user as an authorized user of the account). For example, anaccount owner may input information to account matching platform 230 toidentify the potential account user as an authorized user. Additionally,or alternatively, and as another example, when account matching platform230 matches an account owner and a potential account user, accountmatching platform 230 may store information identifying the potentialaccount user as an authorized user of an account of the account owner.This facilitates use of an account by a potential account user, bypermitting the potential account user to use the account as anauthorized user. In some implementations, account matching platform 230may store information identifying a potential account user as anauthorized user for a particular period of time, until an account ownerremoves an indication that the potential account user is an authorizeduser, until a particular transaction has been completed, based on atimer that indicates an amount of time during which a potential accountuser is to be an authorized user of an account (e.g., based on detectingexpiration of the timer after starting the timer), and/or the like.

In some implementations, to facilitate use of an account by a potentialaccount user identified as an authorized user, account matching platform230 may provide information to user device 210 associated with thepotential account user to configure user device 210 to store a virtualtransaction card on user device 210 associated with the account.Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 mayprovide a security token to user device 210 that stores accountinformation for an account and/or permits a holder of the security tokento complete a transaction using an account. Additionally, oralternatively, account matching platform 230 may provide a securitytoken to transaction backend device 240 and/or a transaction terminal sothat transaction backend device 240 and/or the transaction terminal canverify a security token provided by a potential account user when usingan account to complete a transaction.

Additionally, or alternatively, a potential account user may log in toaccount matching platform 230 and may use an account associated with anaccount owner to complete a transaction (e.g., where a dashboardassociated with account matching platform 230 displays accounts forwhich the potential account user is identified as an authorized user ofthe account but without showing the potential account user accountinformation for the account). This permits the potential account user touse an account of an account owner without having access to accountinformation related to the account, thereby increasing security of theaccount when a non-account owner is using the account. Additionally, oralternatively, account matching platform 230 may send a message toserver device 220 to cause a financial institution to issue a potentialaccount user a transaction card (e.g., when a potential account user andan account owner are matched for a longer term relationship, such asweeks, months, years, etc.).

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 mayprovide information to transaction backend device 240 to causetransaction backend device 240 to cause a transaction terminal torequest identifying information for the potential account user ratherthan the account owner if the potential account user is completing anin-person transaction. Additionally, or alternatively, account matchingplatform 230 may cause transaction backend device 240 to complete atransaction using information identifying a potential account user whenthe potential account user inputs the information to complete an onlinetransaction. Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform230 may provide a push notification to user device 210 associated withan account owner to request input from the account owner to approve useof an account associated with the account owner by a potential accountuser.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determinewhether an account associated with a potential account user has anamount of money that can repay (plus interest, fees, etc.) an accountowner for a transaction based on information related to the potentialaccount user using an account associated with the account owner, whetherthe amount of money satisfies a threshold, and/or the like. For example,account matching platform 230 may receive, from server device 220,information related to an account of a potential account user, andaccount matching platform 230 may process the information to determinewhether the amount of money in the account satisfies a threshold.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receive anamount of money from an account of an individual that used an accountowner's account prior to performing an action to complete a transactionusing the account owner's account (e.g., to ensure repayment for theaccount owner, to reduce risk for the account owner, etc.). In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may perform an action tocomplete a transaction after receiving an amount of money from anaccount of a potential account user.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, to atransaction card associated with an individual who is to use anotherindividual's account, a set of instructions to reconfigure thetransaction card. For example, the set of instructions may cause thetransaction card to reconfigure to use account information associatedwith an account of an account owner (e.g., so that the individual canuse the account to complete a point-of-sale transaction).

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may update one ormore records. For example, account matching platform 230 may update arecord related to an account that is used to complete a transaction(e.g., to identify that the account was used to complete thetransaction). Additionally, or alternatively, and as another example,account matching platform 230 may update a record to reflect that anindividual used an account associated with an account owner to completea transaction (e.g., to identify that the individual used the account tocomplete the transaction). Additionally, or alternatively, accountmatching platform 230 may update a record related to an account toidentify that the account and a transaction have been matched. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may update the one ormore records after completing a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receiveinformation related to a transaction that has been completed (e.g., anamount of the transaction, an account owner of an account used tocomplete the transaction, an individual that used the account, a set ofbenefits received for using the account to complete the transaction,etc.). In some implementations, account matching platform 230 mayidentify an offer that corresponds to the transaction (e.g., so thataccount matching platform 230 may determine a manner in which to dividea set of benefits among various accounts). For example, account matchingplatform 230 may perform a lookup of an identifier that identifies thetransaction and/or the account used to complete the transaction in adata structure to identify a corresponding offer associated with thetransaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determine amanner in which to divide a set of benefits among various accounts basedon the offer (e.g., an account associated with an account owner and anaccount associated with a potential account user). For example, theoffer may identify a percentage of rewards points received that each ofthe accounts are to receive, an amount of money to be provided to theaccount of the potential account user for each rewards point receivedfor completing the transaction, a percentage of a discount by thepotential account user for using the account to be charged to theaccount of the potential account user for use of the account, a scheduleof values to be provided to the potential account user for differenttransaction amounts and/or amounts of benefits received by the accountowner, and/or the like. In some implementations, account matchingplatform 230 may process data related to an offer to identify a mannerin which to divide a set of benefits (e.g., using a text processingtechnique, such as natural language processing, text analysis, opticalcharacter recognition (OCR), etc. to identify terms, phrases, numbers,symbols, etc. in text of an offer).

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determinewhether to provide the same type of benefit, or different types ofbenefits, to various accounts for completing a transaction. For example,account matching platform 230 may determine whether to provide the sametype of benefit, or different types of benefits, based on a type ofbenefit received for completing a transaction, an amount of a benefitreceived for completing a transaction, a conversion ratio of a benefitto money, and/or the like. Continuing with the previous example, accountmatching platform 230 may determine to provide money to an account ownerfor a discount received by a potential account owner, may determine toprovide money to a potential account user for use of an account thatreceived rewards points (e.g., where a threshold quantity of rewardspoints are equivalent to one dollar), and/or the like. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may update variousaccounts with the same type or different types of benefits.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may modify amanner in which a set of benefits is to be divided based on one or moreother offers. For example, account matching platform 230 may modify afirst offer to match a second offer associated with another account, maymodify a first offer to match an average of other offers, may modify afirst offer to be more beneficial for an individual based on a historyof the individual using accounts to complete transactions, and/or thelike.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may updatevarious accounts to include corresponding portions of benefits dividedamong the various accounts. For example, account matching platform 230may update benefit accounts associated with the account owner and/or thepotential account user, may credit or debit transaction accountsassociated with the account owner and/or the potential account user,and/or the like. In some implementations, account matching platform 230may update an account by providing, to server device 220 that hosts theaccount, information that identifies a portion of a benefit to bereceived by the account.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may output areport after the account has been updated and the report has beengenerated (e.g., a report that includes information related to atransaction and/or a benefit received in association with completing thetransaction). Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform230 may send a message to user device 210 (e.g., of an account owner ora potential account user) to indicate that the transaction has beencompleted, that identifies a set of benefits that have been dividedamong various accounts, and/or the like. Additionally, or alternatively,account matching platform 230 may request feedback (e.g., a rating, acomment, etc.) regarding use of the account to complete a transaction(e.g., via user device 210 of an account owner or a potential accountuser) and may update a record related to the account owner or thepotential account user based on the feedback.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may complete atransaction using the account (e.g., by confirming that a potentialaccount user is an authorized user of an account, confirmingauthenticity of a security token, etc.). In some implementations,account matching platform 230 may perform an action to prevent apotential account user from using an account for another transactionbased on the transaction being completed (e.g., may revoke a securitytoken, may remove an indication of the individual being an authorizeduser of the account, etc.). As a specific example, account matchingplatform 230 may provide, to transaction backend device 240, informationto prevent a security token associated with permitting use of an accountfrom being used for a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may generate anaccount for an individual by communicating with server device 220. Forexample, when a benefit, such as rewards points, is shared with anindividual, account matching platform 230 may communicate with serverdevice 220 to generate an account for the rewards points for theindividual.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, totransaction backend device 240, a set of instructions to process atransaction. For example, account matching platform 230 may provide theset of instructions after providing a notification to user devices 210associated with an account owner and a potential account ownerindicating that the account owner and the potential account user havebeen matched.

In some implementations, the set of instructions may configuretransaction backend device 240 and/or a transaction terminal to processa security token generated by account matching platform 230.Additionally, or alternatively, the set of instructions may configuretransaction backend device 240 and/or a transaction terminal tocommunicate with account matching platform 230 to complete thetransaction (e.g., so that account matching platform 230 can confirmauthenticity of a security token, can confirm that a potential accountuser is an authorized user of an account, etc.). Additionally, oralternatively, the set of instructions may configure transaction backenddevice 240 and/or a transaction terminal to request information relatedto a potential account user, rather than an account owner, whencompleting a transaction. In some implementations, account matchingplatform 230 may provide, to transaction backend device 240 and/or atransaction terminal, a notification that a transaction has beencompleted using an account.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receive, fromtransaction backend device 240 and/or a transaction terminal, a requestto approve use of an account (e.g., a benefit account and/or atransaction account) to complete a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determinethat a potential account user is an authorized user of an account. Forexample, account matching platform 230 may determine that a potentialaccount user is an authorized user by processing information included ina data structure that identifies a set of authorized users for anaccount. In some implementations, account matching platform 230 maydetermine, based on information from transaction backend device 240and/or a transaction terminal, that a security token provided by apotential account user in association with completing a transaction wasgenerated for the potential account user (e.g., by performing a lookupof information that identifies a security token provided to transactionbackend device 240 and/or a transaction terminal in a data structure ofgenerated security tokens and corresponding potential account users). Inthis way, account matching platform 230 may authenticate a securitytoken received by transaction backend device 240 and/or a transactionterminal in association with a potential account user using an accountof an account owner to complete a transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may determinethat a potential account user is an authorized user of an account basedon one or more factors. For example, the one or more factors may includea value of a transaction, a type of a transaction, a location of atransaction, and/or the like. Continuing with the previous example, apotential account user may be an authorized user if a value for atransaction satisfies a threshold, is being completed at a particularlocation, is a particular type of transaction (e.g., a purchase of gasor groceries), and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may perform anaction to withdraw a value from a transaction account associated with apotential account user after determining that the potential account useris an authorized user of the account and/or prior to the transactionbeing completed. For example, the value withdrawn may satisfy anothervalue associated with the transaction (e.g., may be used to repay anaccount owner for using the account to complete the transaction when theaccount is a transaction account), may satisfy a fee associated withusing the account to complete the transaction (e.g., may be used to paya fee), and/or the like.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may store thevalue prior to prior to providing the value to an account associatedwith an account owner (e.g., pending approval of the transaction). Insome implementations, account matching platform 230 may update anaccount associated with an account owner with a portion of a valuewithdrawn from an account of a potential account user (e.g., after a feehas been charged to the value by a third party associated with accountmatching platform 230). In some implementations, account matchingplatform 230 may withdraw the value after verifying that a transactionaccount of a potential account user has sufficient value for the valueto be withdrawn.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, touser device 210 associated with a potential account user, informationthat indicates that a value has been withdrawn. In some implementations,account matching platform 230 may provide a withdrawn value to anaccount associated with an account owner (e.g., a transaction accountassociated with the account owner).

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may provide, totransaction backend device 240 and/or the transaction terminal, a set ofinstructions to approve the use of the account by a potential accountuser. In some implementations, the set of instructions may indicate thatthe individual is an authorized user of an account, associated with anaccount owner, that is being used to complete a transaction. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may request, from anaccount owner (e.g., via user device 210 associated with the accountowner), approval to complete a transaction using an account associatedwith the account owner and may notify transaction backend device 240and/or a transaction terminal that the account owner has approved thetransaction. This improves security of an account by requestingconfirmation of use of the account from the account owner prior tocompleting the transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may cause abenefit received by an account of an account owner (e.g., a benefitaccount) to be shared among the account and a benefit account of apotential account user, similar to that described elsewhere herein. Insome implementations, account matching platform 230 may receive, fromserver device 220, a benefit to be shared among various accounts basedon a particular account being used to complete a transaction (e.g.,prior to dividing the benefit among the various accounts). In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may provide a set ofinstructions to server device 220 to generate a benefit account for apotential account user, in a manner similar to that described elsewhereherein, prior to causing a benefit to be shared.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may monitorrepayment of an amount of money related to a transaction. For example,account matching platform 230 may monitor an account associated with anindividual that used an account owner's account to determine whether theindividual has provided a payment to the account owner, an amount of thepayment, whether the payment was provided and/or received by a deadline,and/or the like. In some implementations, account matching platform 230may perform an action to facilitate repayment of an amount of moneyrelated to a transaction. For example, account matching platform 230 maysend a message to user device 210 associated with an individual thatused an account owner's account to notify the individual that a paymentis due.

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 maydetermine a schedule for repaying an amount of money for a transaction.Additionally, or alternatively, and as another example, account matchingplatform 230 may generate a calendar item on an electronic calendarassociated with an individual that used an account owner's account tonotify the individual that a payment is due. Additionally, oralternatively, and as another example, account matching platform 230 mayrequest, from an individual via user device 210 associated with theindividual, permission to setup automatic withdrawal of money from anaccount associated with the individual to repay an account owner for useof the account owner's account. Additionally, or alternatively, accountmatching platform 230 may withdraw money from an account of anindividual and provide the money to another account of an account owner.For example, prior to completing a transaction using an account owner'saccount, account matching platform 230 may communicate with serverdevice 220 associated with a financial institution associated with thepotential account user to verify that an account associated with thepotential account user has sufficient money to repay the account ownerfor use of the account owner's account. In some implementations this maybe performed automatically as part of the transaction.

In some implementations, account matching platform 230 may receiveupdated information related to an account, an account owner, a potentialaccount user, and/or the like. For example, account matching platform230 may receive updated information related to benefits associated withan account (e.g., an amount of cashback received for an account, anamount of rewards points received for an account, etc.) in real-time ornear real-time.

Additionally, or alternatively, account matching platform 230 mayprovide a set of directions, for display, to a location of an accountowner. For example, account matching platform 230 may match an accountowner and a potential account user based on the account owner and thepotential account user being within a threshold distance from eachother, being at the same location, and/or the like. In this way, accountmatching platform 230 may facilitate an in-person transaction using anaccount owner's account. For example, the account owner may use atransaction card, may input an account number via a transactionterminal, and/or the like to complete the potential account owner'stransaction.

In this way, account matching platform 230 may perform one or moreactions related to permitting the individual (e.g., a potential accountuser) to use the one or more accounts associated with the one or moreindividuals (e.g., account owners) and/or to complete a transaction.

Although FIG. 4 shows example blocks of process 400, in someimplementations, process 400 may include additional blocks, fewerblocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than thosedepicted in FIG. 4. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of theblocks of process 400 may be performed in parallel.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example implementation 500 related to theexample process shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 shows an example of accountmatching platform 230 determining a location of a potential account userand identifying an account for the potential account user to use basedon the location of the potential account user.

As shown in FIG. 5, and by reference number 510, a wireless beacondevice may detect user device 210 at a particular location (e.g., userdevice 210 associated with a potential account user). For example, thewireless beacon device may be located at a retail location of anorganization. In some implementations, the wireless beacon device maydetect user device 210 when user device 210 is within communicativeproximity of the wireless beacon device. In some implementations, thewireless beacon device may communicate with user device 210 via network250, via a Bluetooth connection, via a near-field communication (NFC)connection, and/or the like. As shown by reference number 520, thewireless beacon device may provide, to account matching platform 230,information identifying the particular location of user device 210.

As shown by reference number 530, account matching platform 230 mayidentify one or more accounts for a user of user device 210 to use tocomplete a transaction based on the particular location of user device210. For example, account matching platform 230 may identify one or moreaccounts associated with the retailer at which user device 210 islocated, one or more accounts associated with a type of retailerassociated with the location (e.g., an electronics retailer, a homegoods retailer, a grocery store, etc.), and/or the like.

As a specific example, account matching platform 230 may determine thatuser device 210 is located at a home improvement store and that the userof user device 210 does not own an account that provides a benefit fortransactions associated with the home improvement store, associated withhome improvement stores generally, and/or the like. Continuing with theprevious example, account matching platform 230 may identify one or moreaccounts that are associated with cash back on home improvement storetransactions, cash back on transactions at the home improvement store,particular lending terms for transactions at the home improvement store(e.g., no cash down on purchases, zero percent interest for an amount oftime, etc.), and/or the like. In this way, account matching platform 230may identify one or more accounts from which the user of user device 210can select an account to use to complete a transaction. In addition, ifthe user of user device 210 completes the transaction using one of theone or more accounts, benefits resulting from use of the account can beshared among the user of user device 210 and the account owner of theaccount.

In some implementations, if the wireless beacon device is located at acheckout lane of a retailer, the wireless beacon device may request,from a corresponding transaction terminal, information related to atransaction associated with a user of user device 210. In someimplementations, account matching platform 230 may identify one or moreaccounts based on the transaction (e.g., based on an item or a type ofitem, such as an electronics item, food, clothing, etc., associated withthe transaction, a type of the transaction, such as retail, gas,groceries, etc., an amount of the transaction, and/or the like). In thisway, account matching platform 230 may identify, in real-time or nearreal-time, accounts that can be used to complete a transaction based ona location of a potential account user associated with the transaction.

As shown by reference number 540, account matching platform 230 mayprovide, to user device 210, information identifying the one or moreaccounts. In some implementations, account matching platform 230 mayprovide, in association with information identifying the one or moreaccounts, information that identifies an offer corresponding to each ofthe one or more accounts, a benefit corresponding to each of the one ormore accounts, a score associated with each of the one or more accounts,and/or the like.

In some implementations, user device 210 may provide a notification fordisplay that indicates an availability of the one or more accounts foruse, that an indication identifying a potential account user as anauthorized user of an account has been added to the account (e.g., afteradding the indication), and/or the like. Additionally, or alternatively,user device 210 may open an application to provide, for display,information related to the one or more accounts and/or to permit a userof user device 210 to select an account to use. As shown by referencenumber 550, user device 210 may provide, to account matching platform230, information identifying whether the user wants to use one of theone or more accounts to complete the transaction. Additionally, oralternatively, user device 210 may provide information identifying aselection of an account that the user wants to use. As shown byreference number 560, user device 210 may perform an action to completethe transaction, similar to that described elsewhere herein.

As indicated above, FIG. 5 is provided merely as an example. Otherexamples are possible and may differ from what was described with regardto FIG. 5.

The implementations described herein may apply to matching individualsthat do not know each other (e.g., untrusted individuals) and tomatching individuals that know each other (e.g., trusted individuals).

In this way, account matching platform 230 may dynamically matchaccounts and transactions for which the accounts can be used. Thispermits benefits associated with the accounts to be optimized. Inaddition, this reduces or eliminates unused benefits and/or lines ofcredit associated with accounts. Further, this provides a secure way forindividuals to be provided with limited use of an account, therebyincreasing a flexibility of use of an account while maintaining securityof the account.

The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but isnot intended to be exhaustive or to limit the implementations to theprecise form disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible inlight of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of theimplementations.

As used herein, the term component is intended to be broadly construedas hardware, firmware, or a combination of hardware and software.

Some implementations are described herein in connection with thresholds.As used herein, satisfying a threshold may refer to a value beinggreater than the threshold, more than the threshold, higher than thethreshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than thethreshold, fewer than the threshold, lower than the threshold, less thanor equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, or the like.

It will be apparent that systems and/or methods, described herein, maybe implemented in different forms of hardware, firmware, or acombination of hardware and software. The actual specialized controlhardware or software code used to implement these systems and/or methodsis not limiting of the implementations. Thus, the operation and behaviorof the systems and/or methods were described herein without reference tospecific software code—it being understood that software and hardwarecan be designed to implement the systems and/or methods based on thedescription herein.

Even though particular combinations of features are recited in theclaims and/or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are notintended to limit the disclosure of possible implementations. In fact,many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recitedin the claims and/or disclosed in the specification. Although eachdependent claim listed below may directly depend on only one claim, thedisclosure of possible implementations includes each dependent claim incombination with every other claim in the claim set.

No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed ascritical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as usedherein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or moreitems, and may be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Furthermore,as used herein, the term “set” is intended to include one or more items(e.g., related items, unrelated items, a combination of related andunrelated items, etc.), and may be used interchangeably with “one ormore.” Where only one item is intended, the term “one” or similarlanguage is used. Also, as used herein, the terms “has,” “have,”“having,” or the like are intended to be open-ended terms. Further, thephrase “based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on”unless explicitly stated otherwise.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, arequest, associated with a first account, to use a second account tocomplete a transaction, wherein the first account is associated with afirst individual, wherein the second account is associated with a secondindividual, and wherein the second account is associated with a set ofbenefits to be received based on completing the transaction;determining, by the device, a manner in which to divide the set ofbenefits between the first account and the second account; andproviding, by the device, a notification to a transaction terminal or atransaction backend device to cause the transaction terminal or thetransaction backend device to request information related to the firstindividual rather than the second individual when the first individualis using the second account to complete the transaction.
 2. The methodof claim 1, wherein the request further comprises one or more of:information that identifies a type of transaction associated with thetransaction, information related to an account of the first individual,or a set of credentials associated with the first individual.
 3. Themethod of claim 1, wherein receiving the request comprises: receivingthe request automatically based on the first individual attempting tocomplete the transaction.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein determiningthe manner in which to divide the set of benefits is based on optimizingone or more of: cash back associated with the transaction, rewardspoints associated with the transaction, a discount applied to thetransaction, or processing fees associated with the transaction.
 5. Themethod of claim 1, further comprising: providing a set of instructionsto the transaction terminal or the transaction backend device to preventthe transaction terminal or the transaction backend device fromrequesting, from the first individual, input of information associatedwith the second individual.
 6. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: providing another notification to the second individual thatthe second individual has been selected to facilitate the transaction.7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first individual is an untrustedindividual to the second individual.
 8. A device, comprising: one ormore memories; and one or more processors, coupled to the one or morememories, configured to: receive a request, associated with a firstaccount, to use a second account to complete a transaction, wherein thefirst account is associated with a first individual, wherein the secondaccount is associated with a second individual, and wherein the secondaccount is associated with a set of benefits to be received based oncompleting the transaction; determine a manner in which to divide theset of benefits between the first account and the second account; andprovide a notification to a transaction terminal or a transactionbackend device to cause the transaction terminal or the transactionbackend device to request information related to the first individualrather than the second individual when the first individual is using thesecond account to complete the transaction.
 9. The device of claim 8,wherein the request further comprises one or more of: information thatidentifies a type of transaction associated with the transaction,information related to an account of the first individual, or a set ofcredentials associated with the first individual.
 10. The device ofclaim 8, wherein the one or more processors, when receiving the request,are configured to: receive the request automatically based on the firstindividual attempting to complete the transaction.
 11. The device ofclaim 8, wherein the one or more processors, when determining the mannerin which to divide the set of benefits are configured to determine themanner in which to divide the set of benefits based on optimizing one ormore of: cash back associated with the transaction, reward pointsassociated with the transaction, a discount applied to the transaction,or processing fees associated with the transaction.
 12. The device ofclaim 8, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:provide a set of instructions to the transaction terminal or thetransaction backend device to prevent the transaction terminal or thetransaction backend device from requesting, from the first individual,input of information associated with the second individual.
 13. Thedevice of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are furtherconfigured to: provide another notification to the second individualthat the second individual has been selected to facilitate thetransaction.
 14. The device of claim 8, wherein the first individual isan untrusted individual to the second individual.
 15. A non-transitorycomputer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set ofinstructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed byone or more processors of a device, cause the device to: receive arequest, associated with a first account, to use a second account tocomplete a transaction, wherein the first account is associated with afirst individual, wherein the second account is associated with a secondindividual, and wherein the second account is associated with a set ofbenefits to be received based on completing the transaction; determine amanner in which to divide the set of benefits between the first accountand the second account; and provide a notification to a transactionterminal or a transaction backend device to cause the transactionterminal or the transaction backend device to request informationrelated to the first individual rather than the second individual whenthe first individual is using the second account to complete thetransaction.
 16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim15, wherein the request further comprises one or more of: informationthat identifies a type of transaction associated with the transaction,information related to an account of the first individual, or a set ofcredentials associated with the first individual.
 17. The non-transitorycomputer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one or moreinstructions, that cause the device to receive the request, cause thedevice to: receive the request automatically based on the firstindividual attempting to complete the transaction.
 18. Thenon-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one ormore instructions, that cause the device to determine the manner inwhich to divide the set of benefits, cause the device to determine themanner in which to divide the set of benefits based on optimizing one ormore of: cash back associated with the transaction, reward pointsassociated with the transaction, a discount applied to the transaction,or processing fees associated with the transaction.
 19. Thenon-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one ormore instructions further cause the device to: provide a set ofinstructions to the transaction terminal or the transaction backenddevice to prevent the transaction terminal or the transaction backenddevice from requesting, from the first individual, input of informationassociated with the second individual.
 20. The non-transitorycomputer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one or moreinstructions further cause the device to: provide another notificationto the second individual that the second individual has been selected tofacilitate the transaction.